Born Dec. 22, 1927, in Chicago, Ill., to the late Joseph and Emily (Kratochvil) Koca, Shirley served as rrustee of Reed Township from May 1969 to April 1982, and as Reed Township Clerk from May 1982 to August 2009.

She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church and the Council of Catholic Women, both in Braidwood, and the American Legion Koca Post #39 Women’s Auxiliary in Braidwood.

She married Robert William Kasher July 17, 1948 in Braidwood. He preceded her in death on Dec. 28, 2011.

Preceding her in death were her brother, Donald Koca, and two brothers-in-law, Joseph Kasher and Raymond Kasher.

Funeral services for Shirley and her husband, Robert, will be from the R.W. Patterson Funeral Homes, Ltd, Braidwood Chapel, at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, to the Immaculate Conception Church in Braidwood for Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Interment will be in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, Ill.